Farmersville Project Collection


The Farmersville collection contains approximately 9.0 cubic feet of documents pertinent to the attempt to establish a landfill in Cattaraugus County. Integrated Waste Management Systems (IWS) decided that it wanted to build a state of the art solid waste management landfill in the town of Farmersville. Many citizens of Farmersville and the surrounding area banded together to fight against the landfill. In the end, the landfill was never built.

            Landfill

The collection contains many documents that were part of the controversy. The documents include scientific, mathematic, and architectural information about the proposed landfill construction. Legal documents that deal with the proposed landfill, such as correspondence between law firms involved in the project are included. Depositions of key individuals are included, as well as correspondence between the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC), the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S EPA, and lawyers of both IWS and counsel representing the town of Farmersville. There are letters and emails from local residents protesting the landfill and information relating to the Concerned Citizens of Cattaraugus County (CCCC). Many documents in the collection have information about the local environment in Cattaraugus County, the environment of the U.S in general, and
newspaper articles about the landfill project.

            The proposed landfill was to be built in Farmersville, NY. In 1989, Integrated Waste Systems (IWS) bought 189 acres of land in Farmersville. By 1990, the company had put forth a proposal to build a solid waste garbage landfill on the 189 acres it had acquired. Many of the town’s residents did not like the proposal. Concerned Citizens of Cattaraugus County (CCCC) was formed in 1991 to oppose the landfill. Over the next eighteen years, IWS, CCCC, town residents, residents of Cattaraugus County, and their legal representatives fought over whether the landfill could be built or not. New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation acted as a mediator. In 2008, Cattaraugus County confiscated the 189 acres owned by IWS in Farmersville after the company failed to pay three years of back taxes. This action essentially ended the possibility of the landfill’s construction.

Landfill

Collection contents. 9 boxes. Approximately 9.0 cubic feet.

Box No. 1a. - 

Folders 1.1-1.15.  Includes legal documents pertaining to the Farmersville project.

Box No. 1b. –

Folders 1.16-1.33. Includes legal documents pertaining to the Farmersville project.

Box No. 2-

            Folders 2.1-2.13. Includes environmental bulletins on the environment of Cattaraugus County and the United States.

Box No. 3-

            Folders 3.1-3.9. Includes documents dealing with local Cattaraugus County efforts to stop the proposed landfill in Farmersville.

Box No. 4-

            Folders 4.1-4.10. Includes general information on the environment of the United States.

Box No. 5a-

            Folders 5.1-5.14. Includes documents containing information about the proposed landfill and correspondence between acting parties.

Box No. 5b-

            Folders 5.15-5.26. Includes documents containing information about the proposed landfill and correspondence between acting parties.

Box No. 5c-

            Folders 5.27-5.34. Includes documents containing information about the proposed landfill and correspondence between acting parties.

Box No. 6-

            Folders 6.1-6.14. Includes documents with information about and information pertaining to Concerned Citizens of Cattaraugus County (CCCC).

Collection Additional contents. 3 Boxes.

Box No. 1-

Folders 1.1-1.22. Includes documents containing information about the proposed landfill and correspondence between acting parties.

Box No. 2-

Folders 2.1-2.17. Includes documents containing information about the proposed landfill and correspondence between acting parties.

Box No. 3-

  Folders 3.1-3.5. Includes documents containing information about the proposed landfill and correspondence between acting parties.


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